公开(公告)号：US12068868B2

公开(公告)日：2024-08-20

申请号：US17502009

申请日：2021-10-14

Applicant: HUAWEI TECHNOLOGIES CO., LTD.

Inventor： Xiaoqian Chai

IPC: H04L12/14 ,  H04L5/00 ,  H04M15/00

CPC classification number: H04L12/1403 ,  H04L5/0055 ,  H04M15/64 ,  H04M15/65 ,  H04M15/66

Abstract: A charging processing method includes: when a charging processing device for a user service is unavailable, storing charging data of the user service during the failure period, where the charging data includes charging data that is not sent or charging data that is not processed; and after it is determined that a charging processing device for the user service transitioned from “unavailable” to “available”, sending a charging request message that includes the charging data during the failure period to the available charging processing device, so that the available charging processing device performs charging processing on the charging data before a charging processing device transitioned to “available”. In this method, when the charging processing device or a network is faulty, interruption of the user service can be avoided, and a loss caused for an operator can be avoided.

公开(公告)号：US20240251041A1

公开(公告)日：2024-07-25

申请号：US18623964

申请日：2024-04-01

Applicant: HUAWEI TECHNOLOGIES CO., LTD.

Inventor： Xiaoqian Chai

IPC: H04M15/00

CPC classification number: H04M15/8038 ,  H04M15/8228 ,  H04M2215/34

Abstract: Embodiments of this application provide a roaming charging method, applied to the field of local breakout roaming charging. The method includes: A charging trigger device of a visited network receives a creation request of a data connection session, determines that a user of the data connection session is a roaming user, and sends a first charging resource creation request to a roaming charging system of the visited network, receives a first charging resource creation response message, sends a second charging resource creation request to a charging function of a home network of the roaming user, and receives a second charging resource creation response message. Then, the charging trigger device of the visited network sends a first charging request to the roaming charging system of the visited network and sends a second charging request to a roaming charging system of the home network. This method can implement local breakout roaming charging.

公开(公告)号：US20240244415A1

公开(公告)日：2024-07-18

申请号：US18620721

申请日：2024-03-28

Applicant: Huawei Technologies Co., Ltd.

Inventor： Xiaoqian Chai

IPC: H04W8/08

CPC classification number: H04W8/08

Abstract: A charging method and apparatus are provided, and are applied to a roaming scenario. The method includes: A charging trigger apparatus obtains roaming charging configuration information after determining that a user corresponding to a data connection is a roaming user, where the roaming charging configuration information includes a roaming charging information level indication, service information, a roaming multiple user plane function reporting indication, a roaming multiple access data connection session reporting indication, and/or a roaming charging information reporting condition. The charging trigger apparatus generates roaming charging information of the data connection session based on the roaming charging configuration information, and reports the roaming charging information to a roaming charging system.

公开(公告)号：US11616372B2

公开(公告)日：2023-03-28

申请号：US17124293

申请日：2020-12-16

Applicant: HUAWEI TECHNOLOGIES CO., LTD.

Inventor： Xiaoqian Chai

IPC: H04M11/00 ,  H02J7/00 ,  H04L41/0806 ,  H04L9/40 ,  H04L67/146

Abstract: Embodiments of this application disclose a charging method and related devices. An example charging method includes: sending a charging start request for a packet data unit (PDU) session to a charging function apparatus, where the charging start request carries an indication receiving address; receiving an indication message that is sent by the charging function apparatus based on the indication receiving address, where the indication message carries an indication type; and performing charging processing based on the indication type.

公开(公告)号：US11463590B2

公开(公告)日：2022-10-04

申请号：US17486937

申请日：2021-09-28

Applicant: HUAWEI TECHNOLOGIES CO., LTD.

Inventor： Xiaoqian Chai

IPC: H04M15/00 ,  H04W4/24

Abstract: Embodiments of this application provide a charging session method and an apparatus. A control plane function entity determines to request a charging function (CHF) entity to establish a service-based interface (SBI) charging session for a 4G data connection. The control plane function entity requests, through the SBI charging session, to perform online charging and/or offline charging in the 4G data connection. According to the method, the SBI charging session that is requested by the control plane function entity to establish for the 4G data connection may support performing the online charging in the 4G data connection, and support performing the offline charging in the 4G data connection. Therefore, the disclosed embodiments simplify a procedure of charging online data and offline data in the 4G data connection by using different charging sessions.

公开(公告)号：US11330409B2

公开(公告)日：2022-05-10

申请号：US16552824

申请日：2019-08-27

Applicant: HUAWEI TECHNOLOGIES CO., LTD.

Inventor： Xiaoqian Chai

IPC: H04W4/24 ,  H04L12/14 ,  H04L12/66 ,  H04L12/64

Abstract: Embodiments of the present invention provide a method for processing a rate group, a method for charging for a data service, and a related device and system, so as to enable a charging system to accurately charge for the data service when the rate group changes. The method includes: determining, by a gateway device, whether a rate group of a service data stream changes; and if the rate group of the service data stream changes, reporting, by the gateway device, charging data to the charging system, so that the charging system performs charging according to the charging data, where the charging data includes service usage information and a reporting reason for reporting the charging data, and the reporting reason indicates a change of the rate group.

公开(公告)号：US20220014632A1

公开(公告)日：2022-01-13

申请号：US17486937

申请日：2021-09-28

Applicant: HUAWEI TECHNOLOGIES CO.,LTD.

Inventor： Xiaoqian Chai

IPC: H04M15/00 ,  H04W4/24

Abstract: Embodiments of this application provide a charging session method and an apparatus. A control plane function entity determines to request a charging function (CHF) entity to establish a service-based interface (SBI) charging session for a 4G data connection. The control plane function entity requests, through the SBI charging session, to perform online charging and/or offline charging in the 4G data connection. According to the method, the SBI charging session that is requested by the control plane function entity to establish for the 4G data connection may support performing the online charging in the 4G data connection, and support performing the offline charging in the 4G data connection. Therefore, the disclosed embodiments simplify a procedure of charging online data and offline data in the 4G data connection by using different charging sessions.

公开(公告)号：US11019470B2

公开(公告)日：2021-05-25

申请号：US16696381

申请日：2019-11-26

Applicant: Huawei Technologies Co., Ltd.

Inventor： Xiaoqian Chai

IPC: H04W80/10 ,  H04W4/24 ,  H04M15/00

Abstract: A convergent charging method includes determining, by a session management function (SMF), a charging type of a first data flow and a charging type of a second data flow, where the charging type is online charging or offline charging. The method further includes sending, by the SMF, a first message to a charging server using an online-offline convergent charging session based on the charging types of the first data flow and the second data flow, where the first message includes a first online charging request of the first data flow or a first offline charging request of the second data flow, and the online-offline convergent charging session is used to send the first online charging request and the first offline charging request.

公开(公告)号：US20210152989A1

公开(公告)日：2021-05-20

申请号：US17162505

申请日：2021-01-29

Applicant: Huawei Technologies Co., Ltd.

Inventor： Xiaoqian Chai

IPC: H04W4/24 ,  H04M15/00

Abstract: A charging method includes: determining, by a control plane function entity (CP), that a data flow that is transmitted by user equipment (UE) on a first data session needs to be migrated to a second data session; charging, by the CP, the data flow on the first UP through a first charging session between the CP and a charging system; obtaining, by the CP, charging information of the data flow before the migration that is counted by the first UP; and determining, by the CP, a quota that is used for the data flow after the migration is necessary to be delivered to the second UP, and delivering the quota to the second UP, thereby charging a service data flow of a user in a case of migration between user planes.

公开(公告)号：US10972613B2

公开(公告)日：2021-04-06

申请号：US16258502

申请日：2019-01-25

Applicant: HUAWEI TECHNOLOGIES CO., LTD.

Inventor： Xiaoqian Chai

IPC: G06Q40/00 ,  H04M15/00 ,  H04L12/14

Abstract: The present disclosure provides a charging control method, a charging trigger apparatus, and an online charging system. The method includes: generating, by a CTF, a resource quota request according to a trigger condition; and sending the resource quota request to an online charging system (OCS), so that the OCS determines a quota type and number after receiving the resource quota request, and allocates a quota for the resource quota request according to the quota type and number determined by the OCS, where the quota type and number are determined by the OCS according to the resource quota request. In the foregoing method, a problem that in the prior art, a charging control error occurs due to different determining bodies of a quota type is solved.